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What happend on 25. May in History
In our data base we found 349 events happened on 25. May:
• 1048: Emperor Shenzong of Song (d. 1085) [category: Births]
• 1085: Pope Gregory VII (b. 1020) [category: Deaths]
• 1085: Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain back from the Moors. [category: Events]
• 1261: Pope Alexander IV (b. 1185) [category: Deaths]
• 1334: Emperor Sukō, Japanese 3rd Pretender (d. 1398) [category: Births]
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• 1420: Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ. [category: Events]
• 1452: John Stafford, English statesman, Archbishop of Canterbury [category: Deaths]
• 1458: Mahmud Begada Indian sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511) [category: Births]
• 1521: The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw. [category: Events]
• 1555: Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (b. 1508) [category: Deaths]
• 1555: Henry II of Navarre (b. 1503) [category: Deaths]
• 1572: Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1632) [category: Births]
• 1595: Valens Acidalius, German critic and poet (b. 1567) [category: Deaths]
• 1606: Charles Garnier, French missionary (d. 1649) [category: Births]
• 1632: Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572) [category: Deaths]
• 1659: Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth of England. [category: Events]
• 1661: Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737) [category: Births]
• 1667: Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b. 1620) [category: Deaths]
• 1681: Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright (b. 1600) [category: Deaths]
• 1693: Madame de La Fayette, French writer (b. 1634) [category: Deaths]
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• 1713: John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish nobleman Prime Minister of Great Britain (d. 1792) [category: Births]
• 1725: Samuel Ward, American politician (d. 1776) [category: Births]
• 1738: A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners. [category: Events]
• 1741: Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (b. 1660) [category: Deaths]
• 1749: Gregorio Funes, Argentine clergyman, politician and Junta Grande figure (d. 1829) [category: Births]
• 1783: Philip Pendleton Barbour, American politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1841) [category: Births]
• 1786: Peter III of Portugal (b. 1717) [category: Deaths]
• 1789: Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751) [category: Deaths]
• 1797: John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, English field marshal (b. 1719) [category: Deaths]
• 1798: United Irishmen Rebellion: The Carnew massacre, Dunlavin massacre and Carlow massacre takes place. [category: Events]
• 1803: Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English novelist and playwright (d. 1873) [category: Births]
• 1803: Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and philosopher (d. 1882) [category: Births]
• 1805: William Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743) [category: Deaths]
• 1809: Chuquisaca Revolution: a group of patriots in Chuquisaca (modern day Sucre) revolt against the Spanish Empire, starting the South American Wars of Independence. [category: Events]
• 1810: May Revolution: citizens of Buenos Aires expel Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros during the May week, starting the Argentine War of Independence. [category: Events]
• 1818: Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian (d. 1897) [category: Births]
• 1819: The Argentine Constitution of 1819 is promulgated. [category: Events]
• 1833: The Chilean Constitution of 1833 is promulgated. [category: Events]
• 1837: The Rebels of Lower Canada (Quebec) rebel against the British for freedom. [category: Events]
• 1845: Lip Pike, American baseball player (d. 1893) [category: Births]
• 1846: Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and writer (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1846: Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, English daughter of Queen Victoria (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1848: Johann Baptist Singenberger, Swiss composer, editor, and publisher (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1848: Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1849: Benjamin d'Urban, English general (b. 1777) [category: Deaths]
• 1852: William Muldoon, American wrestler (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1856: Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1860: James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1865: John Mott, American evangelical, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1865: Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1865: In Mobile, Alabama, 300 are killed when an ordnance depot explodes. [category: Events]
• 1867: Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish shooter (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1877: Billy Murray, American singer (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1878: Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, American dancer and actor (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1878: Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London. [category: Events]
• 1879: Andrew Kennaway Henderson, New Zealand illustrator, cartoonist, and pacifist (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1879: Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian-English businessman, politician, and writer (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1879: William Stickney, American golfer (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1880: Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1882: Marie Doro, American actress (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1886: Philip Murray, Scottish-American labor leader (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1886: Rash Behari Bose, Indian revolutionary (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1887: Pio of Pietrelcina, Italian priest and saint (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1888: Miles Malleson, English actor (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1889: Günther Lütjens, German admiral (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1889: Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1895: Playwright, poet, and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison. [category: Events]
• 1895: The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Ching-sung as its president. [category: Events]
• 1897: Gene Tunney, American boxer (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1898: Bennett Cerf, American publisher, co-founder of Random House (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1899: Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet and musician (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1899: Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (b. 1822) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: Alain Grandbois, French-Canadian poet (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1903: Binnie Barnes, English actress (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1907: U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1908: Theodore Roethke, American poet (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1909: Alfred Kubel, German politician (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1909: Marie Menken, American filmmaker and painter (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1912: Dean Rockwell, American wrestling and football coach (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1912: Deokhye, Princess of Korea (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1912: Austin Lane Crothers, American politician (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1913: Heinrich Bär, German pilot (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1913: Richard Dimbleby, English journalist and broadcaster (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1914: The United Kingdom's House of Commons passes the Home Rule Act for devolution in Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1916: Brian Dickson, Canadian politician, 15th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1917: Steve Cochran, American actor (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1917: Theodore Hesburgh, American educator and theologian [category: Births]
• 1917: Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1919: Eliza Pollock, American archer (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1919: Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: Hal David, American composer and songwriter (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1921: Jack Steinberger, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1922: Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1922: Kitty Kallen, American singer [category: Births]
• 1924: István Nyers, Hungarian footballer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1924: Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Don Liddle, American baseball player (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1925: Jeanne Crain, American actress (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1925: Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1925: Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. [category: Events]
• 1926: Claude Akins, American actor (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1926: Symon Petliura, Ukrainian politician and statesman (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the Paris-based government-in-exile of Ukrainian People's Republic. [category: Events]
• 1927: Norman Petty, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1927: Robert Ludlum, American writer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1927: Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Beverly Sills, American soprano (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1929: Warren Frost, American actor [category: Births]
• 1930: Randall Davidson, Scottish bishop, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Aili Jõgi, Estonian rebel and activist [category: Births]
• 1931: Georgy Grechko, Russian astronaut [category: Births]
• 1931: Irwin Winkler, American director and producer [category: Births]
• 1932: John Gregory Dunne, American writer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1932: K. C. Jones, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1932: W. P. Kinsella, Canadian writer [category: Births]
• 1933: Basdeo Panday, Trinidadian statesman [category: Births]
• 1933: Jógvan Sundstein, Faroese politician, 7th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands [category: Births]
• 1933: Ray Spencer, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1934: Gustav Holst, English composer (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Cookie Gilchrist, American football player [category: Births]
• 1935: Victoria Shaw, Australian-American actress (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1935: Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan. [category: Events]
• 1936: Tom T. Hall, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1936: The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins. [category: Events]
• 1938: Raymond Carver, American writer (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1938: Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante takes place, with 313 deaths. [category: Events]
• 1939: Dixie Carter, American actress (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1939: Ian McKellen, English actor [category: Births]
• 1939: Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Joe De Grasse, American director (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Vladimir Voronin, Moldovan politician, 3rd President of Moldova [category: Births]
• 1942: Emanuel Feuermann, Austrian-American cellist (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Jessi Colter, American singer-songwriter and pianist [category: Births]
• 1943: John Palmer, English musician (Family, Eclection, and Blossom Toes) [category: Births]
• 1943: Leslie Uggams, American actress [category: Births]
• 1943: Nils von Dardel, Swedish painter (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Frank Oz, English-American puppeteer and director [category: Births]
• 1944: John Bunnell, American police officer, actor, and television host [category: Births]
• 1944: Pierre Bachelet, French singer-songwriter (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1944: Robert MacPherson, American mathematician [category: Births]
• 1946: Bill Adam, Scottish-Canadian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1946: David A. Hargrave, American writer and game designer (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1946: Marcel Petiot, French doctor and serial killer (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir. [category: Events]
• 1947: Karen Valentine, American actress [category: Births]
• 1947: Mitch Margo, American singer-songwriter (The Tokens) [category: Births]
• 1948: Klaus Meine, German singer-songwriter and guitarist (Scorpions) [category: Births]
• 1949: Jamaica Kincaid, Antiguan novelist [category: Births]
• 1950: Public Transport: Green Hornet disaster. A Chicago Surface Lines streetcar crashes into a fuel truck, killing 33. [category: Events]
• 1951: Bob Gale, American screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1951: Paula von Preradović, Croatian writer (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Al Sarrantonio, American writer [category: Births]
• 1952: Gordon Smith, American politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Jeffrey Bewkes, American businessman [category: Births]
• 1953: Daniel Passarella, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1953: Eve Ensler, American playwright [category: Births]
• 1953: Stan Sakai, Japanese-American cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1953: Nuclear testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conduct their first and only nuclear artillery test. [category: Events]
• 1953: The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston. [category: Events]
• 1954: Murali, Indian (Malayalam) film actor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1954: Robert Capa, Hungarian photographer and journalist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Alistair Burt, English politician [category: Births]
• 1955: First ascent of Kangchenjunga (8,586 m.), the third highest mountain in the world, by a British expedition led by Joe Brown and George Band. [category: Events]
• 1955: In the United States, a night time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S. [category: Events]
• 1956: David P. Sartor, American composer and conductor [category: Births]
• 1956: Stavros Arnaoutakis, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Sugar Minott, Jamaican singer and producer (The African Brothers) (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1956: Tatsutoshi Goto, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1957: Edward Lee, American writer [category: Births]
• 1957: Hillary B. Smith, American actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Robert Picard, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1957: Leo Goodwin, American freestyle swimmer, diver and water polo player (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Aikaterini Batzeli, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1958: Carrie Newcomer, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1958: Paul Weller, English singer-songwriter, musician, and poet (The Jam and The Style Council) [category: Births]
• 1959: Julian Clary, English comedian and author [category: Births]
• 1959: Manolis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1959: Rick Wamsley, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1960: Amy Klobuchar, American politician [category: Births]
• 1960: Anthea Turner, English journalist and television host [category: Births]
• 1961: Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of the Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade. [category: Events]
• 1962: Rick Nattress, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1962: The Old Bay Line, the last overnight steamboat service in the United States, goes out of business. [category: Events]
• 1963: Eha Rünne, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower [category: Births]
• 1963: George Hickenlooper, American filmmaker (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1963: Mike Myers, Canadian actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1963: In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Organisation of African Unity is established. [category: Events]
• 1964: David Shaw, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1964: Ivan Bella, Slovak air force officer and astronaut [category: Births]
• 1964: Ray Stevenson, English actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Yahya Jammeh, Gambian military officer and politician, President of the Gambia [category: Births]
• 1965: Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands [category: Births]
• 1966: Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches. [category: Events]
• 1966: The first prominent dàzìbào during the Cultural Revolution in China is posted at Peking University. [category: Events]
• 1967: Poppy Z. Brite, American author [category: Births]
• 1967: Celtic F.C. from Glasgow, Scotland becomes the first ever Northern European team to win the European Cup; with previous winners being from Spain, Italy and Portugal. [category: Events]
• 1968: Kendall Gill, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Gateway Arch Saint Louis Gateway Arch is dedicated. [category: Events]
• 1969: Anne Heche, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Glen Drover, Canadian musician and songwriter (Megadeth, Eidolon, and King Diamond) [category: Births]
• 1969: Stacy London, American fashion consultant [category: Births]
• 1970: Jamie Kennedy, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Joey Eischen, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Lindsay Greenbush, American actress, boxer, and trainer [category: Births]
• 1970: Octavia Spencer, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Satsuki Yukino, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Sidney Greenbush, American actress, horse rider, and jewelry designer [category: Births]
• 1970: Tom Patey, Scottish mountaineer and writer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Justin Henry, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Marco Cappato, Italian politician [category: Births]
• 1972: Karan Johar, Indian director, producer, writer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Daz Dillinger, American rapper, musician, and producer (Tha Dogg Pound) [category: Births]
• 1973: Demetri Martin, American actor, comedian, musician and writer [category: Births]
• 1973: Molly Sims, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1973: HNS Velos (D-16), while participating in a NATO exercise and in order to protest against the dictatorship in Greece, anchored at Fiumicino, Italy, refusing to return to Greece. [category: Events]
• 1974: Frank Klepacki, American musician and composer (Home Cookin' and I Am) [category: Births]
• 1974: Miguel Tejada, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Blaise Nkufo, Swiss footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Lauryn Hill, American singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actress (Fugees) [category: Births]
• 1976: Cillian Murphy, Irish actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Clifton Williams, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1976: Ethan Suplee, American actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Marcelo José da Silva, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Miguel Zepeda, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Sandra Nasic, German singer (Guano Apes) [category: Births]
• 1976: Tarik Glenn, American football player [category: Births]
• 1977: Alberto Del Rio, Mexican wrestler [category: Births]
• 1977: Karthik Sivakumar, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Chinese government removes a decade old ban on William Shakespeare's work, effectively ending the Cultural Revolution started in 1966. [category: Events]
• 1977: Star Wars (retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981) is released in theaters, inspiring the Jediism religion and Geek Pride Day holiday. [category: Events]
• 1978: Brian Urlacher, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Carlos Bocanegra, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1979: Caroline Ouellette, French-Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1979: Jonny Wilkinson, English rugby player [category: Births]
• 1979: Sam Sodje, Nigerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Sayed Moawad, Egyptian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Itzhak Bentov, Czech scientist (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: John Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: American Airlines Flight 191: In Chicago, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport killing 271 on board and two people on the ground. [category: Events]
• 1979: Six-year-old Etan Patz disappears from the street just two blocks away from his New York City home, prompting an international search for the child, and causing U.S. President Ronald Reagan to designate May 25th as National Missing Children's Day (in 1983). [category: Events]
• 1980: David Navarro, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Jae Hee, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Joe King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Fray) [category: Births]
• 1981: Michalis Pelekanos, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Fredric Warburg, English publisher and author (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. [category: Events]
• 1982: Adam Boyd, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Daniel Braaten, Norwegian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Jason Kubel, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Luke Webster, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Roger Guerreiro, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Ryan Gallant, American skateboarder [category: Births]
• 1982: HMS Coventry is sunk during the Falklands War. [category: Events]
• 1983: Kunal Khemu, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Tiago Cardoso Fonseca Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Black Jack Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Idris of Libya (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Jean Rougeau, French-Canadian wrestler (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: A. J. Foyt IV, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1984: Kostas Martakis, Greek singer [category: Births]
• 1984: Kyle Brodziak, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1984: Luke Ball, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Marion Raven, Norwegian singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (M2M) [category: Births]
• 1984: Shawne Merriman, American football player [category: Births]
• 1984: Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, Icelandic model, actress, lawyer, and anthropologist, Miss World 2005 [category: Births]
• 1985: Demba Ba, Senegalese footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Joe Anoa'i, American football player and wrestler [category: Births]
• 1985: Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress (2B) [category: Births]
• 1985: Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people. [category: Events]
• 1986: Edewin Fanini, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Geraint Thomas, Welsh cyclist [category: Births]
• 1986: Juri Ueno, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Lauren Crace, English actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Neon Hitch, English singer [category: Births]
• 1986: Yoan Gouffran, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Chester Bowles, American politician (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Hands Across America takes place. [category: Events]
• 1987: Timothy Derijck, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Yves De Winter, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Cameron van der Burgh, South African swimmer [category: Births]
• 1988: Elle Fowler, American beauty guru [category: Births]
• 1988: Ernst Ruska, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Nikita Filatov, Russian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1990: Vic Tayback, American actor (b.1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Jillian Wheeler, American singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1994: Aly Raisman, American gymnast [category: Births]
• 1994: Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist (Last Exit) (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Gabby Soleil, American actress [category: Births]
• 1995: Dany Robin, French actress (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Bradley Nowell, American singer-songwriter and musician (Sublime) (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Renzo De Felice, Italian historian (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koromah. [category: Events]
• 1999: The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details the People's Republic of China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades. [category: Events]
• 2000: Nicholas Clay, English actor (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Liberation Day of Lebanon. Israel withdraws its army from most of the Lebanese territory after 22 years of its first invasion in 1978. [category: Events]
• 2001: 32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer, of Boulder, Colorado, becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. [category: Events]
• 2002: Pat Coombs, English actress (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait. All 225 people on board are killed. [category: Events]
• 2003: Jeremy Michael Ward, American singer and guitarist (The Mars Volta and De Facto) (b. 1976) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Roger Williams Straus, Jr., American publisher, co-founder of Farrar, Straus and Giroux publishing company (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Graham Kennedy, Australian actor and writer (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Gregory Scott Johnson, American murderer (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Robert Jankel, English automotive designer, founder of Panther Westwinds (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Desmond Dekker, Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor, comedian, director, and educator (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Laurie Bartram, American actress and ballet dancer (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Camu Tao, American rapper and producer (The Weathermen) (b. 1977) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: J. R. Simplot, American potato farmer (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Haakon Lie, Norwegian politician (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device. Following the nuclear test, Pyongyang also conducted several missile tests building tensions in the international community. [category: Events]
• 2010: Alan Hickinbotham, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Alexander Belostenny, Ukrainian basketball player (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Gabriel Vargas, Mexican cartoonist (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Michael H. Jordan, American businessman (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Silvius Magnago, Italian politician (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Siphiwo Ntshebe, South African opera singer (b. 1975) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her twenty five year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show. [category: Events]
• 2012: Dilip, Indian actor (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Keith Gardner, Jamaican athlete (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: The Dragon spacecraft became the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS). [category: Events]
• 240_bc: First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. [category: Events]
• 567_bc: Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. [category: Events]
• 615: Pope Boniface IV (b. 550) [category: Deaths]
• 709: Aldhelm, English-Latin poet and scholar, Bishop of Salisbury (b. 639) [category: Deaths]
• 967: Emperor Murakami of Japan (b. 926) [category: Deaths]
• 992: Mieszko I of Poland (b. 935) [category: Deaths]
• _: Africa Day (African Union) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: African Liberation Day (African Union) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne, Scholar and Poet, 709 (Anglican Communion) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Bede [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of Youth, celebrated on Josip Broz Tito's birthday (the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: First National Government / National Day (Argentina) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Geek Pride Day and its related observances: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gerard of Lunel [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Jordan from the United Kingdom in 1946. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Last bell in Russia [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Liberation Day (Lebanon) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mary Magdalene de Pazzi [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: May 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Missing Children's Day (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pope Gregory VII [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pope Urban I [category: Holidays and observances]